A Certain Kind of Wisdom In Plato's Apology, the Greek philosopher
Socrates is on trial to defend himself against the allegation of
corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates denies this charge and
offers an alternate reason for why he is on trial. He explains, "
w]hat has caused my reputation is none other than a certain kind of
wisdom. What kind of wisdom? Human wisdom, perhaps(1). " He
proceeds to tell the story of his friend Chaerophon, who once asked
the Oracle at Delphi whether there was anyone wiser than Socrates.
The Oracle answered that there was not. Socrates did not agree and
thought that he would try to prove the Oracle wrong. And so he set
about seeking out Athenians with a reputation for wisdom in various
regards in order to test their claims to knowledge through
questioning. He discovered many with false claims to knowledge and
none with genuine wisdom and ultimately concluded that he was the
wisest. He reached this conclusion not because of any special
knowledge he possessed that others did not, but rather because he
recognized his own lack of knowledge and strived to learn more,
while others thought that they were kno- edgeable but were not.
Socrates' conclusion that there is wisdom in recognizing the
limitations of accepted knowledge represents the motivation for
this book.
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